ZANU PF Pushes For Rotating Control Of Zimbabwe’s Home Affairs Ministry
Zimbabwe’s ruling party is pushing for rotating control of the disputed Ministry of Home Affairs, ahead of Monday’s emergency summit of southern African leaders, a state-run newspaper reported here on Sunday. Quoting the Zanu PF position paper on a month-long deadlock over the sharing of cabinet positions between President Robert Mugabe’s party and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), The Sunday Mail said co-sharing of the contentious ministry would “ensure that there is continuity and that there are checks and balances”. The Ministry of Home Affairs controls the police force and differences between President Mugabe and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai over who takes charge of the portfolio have stalled progress towards forming proposed unity government. The Sunday Mail said the ruling party accepted the proposal by the mediator, former South African president Thabo Mbeki, to allow rotating control of the home affairs ministry between Zanu PF and the MDC. “In order to break the deadlock over this issue, Zanu PF will accept the co-ministering of this ministry, a proposal initially forwarded by Mr Tsvangirai,” the newspaper reported. Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) converge in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, on Monday for a rescheduled meeting aimed at ending the deadlock over forming a new cabinet. The SADC meeting was postponed last Monday when Tsvangirai failed to travel to Swaziland, citing problems in securing a passport.
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